Santana (2-0) pitches five scoreless innings to best Martinez (3-2). He allowed all five runs and eight hits in five innings.
Indians 9, Rangers 5
In Arlington, Texas, Omar Vizquel had four hits and Matt Lawton the only home run in a game in which Texas' Rafael Palmeiro was trying to join the 500-homer club.
Palmeiro was 2-for-2 with a sacrifice fly and two walks. He hit a two-out, two-run double in the ninth inning. Palmeiro moved into 25th place on the career RBIs list with 1,597, passing Mike Schmidt and George Brett.
Jake Westbrook (2-2) gave up two runs on seven hits over 6 2-3 innings. He beat John Thomson (2-4).
Mariners 6, White Sox 3
In Seattle, Ryan Franklin pitched 7 1-3 strong innings, and Carlos Guillen tripled twice for Seattle.
The Mariners bounced back after losing 16-5 to the New York Yankees on Thursday night, the most runs ever scored by a Seattle opponent at Safeco Field.
Franklin (3-2) beat the White Sox for the second time in eight days despite giving up a two-run homer to Jose Valentin on his fourth pitch of the game.
Franklin allowed three runs on nine hits. Jeff Nelson pitched the ninth for his third save in five opportunities.
Dan Wright (0-1), a 14-game winner for Chicago last season, made his season debut after a bout with a bad elbow and lasted 4 1-3 innings.
Angels 6, Blue Jays 1
In Anaheim, California, Aaron Sele became the second Anaheim starter in two games to come off the disabled list and win.
Shawn Wooten hit a two-run homer and Adam Kennedy and Tim Salmon each drove in a pair of seventh-inning runs for the Angels, who have won four straight since being swept last weekend in Toronto. Sele (1-0) allowed just two hits and one run over 5 2-3 innings in his first start since having surgery Oct. 18 to repair his right rotator cuff. On Thursday night, Kevin Appier made a successful returned from a strained forearm.
Doug Davis (1-1) allowed four runs -- three earned -- and just two hits in 6 1-3 innings.
Athletics 7, Yankees 2
In Oakland, California, Terrence Long's inside-the-park homer capped a five-run eighth inning to lead Tim Hudson and the Athletics over New York.
The defending AL West champion A's took two of three games last week at Yankee Stadium and have won 11 of 14 to improve to a season-best nine games over .500.
Oakland spoiled a solid outing by Yankees starter Jeff Weaver (2-2), who allowed two runs in seven innings before falling apart in the eighth.
Hudson (3-1) allowed two runs and five hits in eight innings to beat the Yankees for the first time in six regular-season starts.
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